10-17-2016, 03:27 AM
A Republican party office in North Carolina was firebombed overnight and a nearby building was scrawled with graffiti warning "Nazi Republicans" to "leave town or else," authorities said Sunday.
Quote:In a statement, authorities in Hillsborough, northwest of Durham, said that no one was injured in the apparent attack on the Orange County Republican Party headquarters.
A bottle containing a flammable substance was thrown through a front window, where it ignited and damaged furniture and the office's interior, the statement said, adding that the fire went out on its own.
The graffiti, which included a swastika, was painted on an adjacent building, the statement said.
A nearby business owner discovered the damage at 9 a.m. Sunday.
"This highly disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property," said Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens, according to the statement. "It willfully threatens our [community's] safety via fire, and its hateful message undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic participation. I believe I speak for the overwhelming majority of people who make Hillsborough their home: Acts like this have no place in our community."
Both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were assisting local and state authorities in their investigation of the bombing, Stevens said in a joint statement with Hillsborough Police Chief Duane Hampton.
North Carolina Republican Party spokeswoman Emily Weeks told NBC News that the office is totally unusable and that materials inside, possibly including completed absentee ballots, may have been destroyed.
She said the office had received no threats prior to the bombing.
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The only hater I see here, is the asshole who decided to torch the place and use the Nazi symbol.
Then the Dems will say --"see, I told you Republicans were racist". sigh.
No, the only racist hater here is the one on the run from LEO for vandalizing the building.
Hopefully with the ATF & FBI involved, they will catch the guy(s) that did it.
Sure politics get heated, but there is no excuse in burning shit down over it. Even if it happens to be your opposing side.
Damn, and they think it destroyed some absentee ballots that had already been filled out.
Great way to cheat the election Dems.
Numerous voter fraud incidences being reported.
And now this destructive arson act.
Desperation at it's finest.